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Our six-week Canadian voyage ends at tiny Cabbage Island. I was surprised to find so many people here when we arrived just after Noon. Because… Read More »The End, eh?

Come and listen to a story about a man named Jed(ediah)  A poor mountaineer, barely kept his family fed,  Then one day he was shootin… Read More »Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars

This happens every time I take a trip. Many photos fit nicely into a narrative, some do not. Here are a few that didn’t. The… Read More »Photos from the Sea

I’ve been avoiding Pirates Cove on De Courcy Island for years. It’s difficult to enter, anchors don’t hold well, and it’s so popular that boats… Read More »Pirates Cove

The journey from Vancouver to Princess Louisa Inlet was both a return to a favorite place and something new. It was our first time cruising… Read More »Princess Louisa Inlet

First off, let’s get this straight: it’s not GAB-re-ola, it’s GAY-brie-ola. Why? Canada. Silva Bay, on the east side of Gabriola, is a popular jumping-off… Read More »A Gabriola Island Bike Ride

Pssst! Wanna see a hippie?l Galiano Island is a place where counterculture lives. Catch the free bus to the Hummingbird Pub, and Tommy Transit will hand you… Read More »The Land That Time Forgot

All you folks who’ve been to Italy listen up! This small bay on the eastern shore of Vancouver Island is not GEN-oa Bay, it’s Ge-NO-a… Read More »Genoa Bay

See what I did there? Through. Yes kids, that’s how cavemen spelled thru. If you’ve followed this blog for a while, you’ll have seen plenty… Read More »Through the Back Door

Several of you, my faithful readers, have asked whether we finally took delivery of Étude and whether we were finally cruising. Yes and yes. We… Read More »A Shortened Cruise